Spirituous /(?)/

Spir·it·u·ous

Spirituous

a.
  1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
  2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
  3. Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [Obs.]
    The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring nature, that it is perpetually at work.